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  NASA and JPL Contribute to European Jupiter Mission

  February 21, 2013 — NASA has selected key contributions to a 2022 European Space Agency (ESA) mission that will study Jupiter and three of its largest moons in unprecedented detail. The moons are thought to harbor vast ... > full story
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  Six Years in Space for THEMIS: Understanding the Magnetosphere Better Than Ever

  February 20, 2013 — On Earth, scientists can observe weather patterns, and more importantly can predict them, through the use of tens of thousands of weather observatories scattered around the globe. Up in the space ... > full story
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  Cassini Sheds Light on Cosmic Particle Accelerators

  February 19, 2013 — During a chance encounter with what appears to be an unusually strong blast of solar wind at Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected particles being accelerated to ultra-high energies. This is ... > full story
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  Water on the Moon: It's Been There All Along

  February 18, 2013 — Traces of water have been detected within the crystalline structure of mineral samples from the lunar highland upper crust obtained during the Apollo missions, according to ... > full story
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  Tiny CREPT Instrument to Study the Radiation Belts

  February 15, 2013 — A smaller version of an instrument now flying on NASA's Van Allen Probes has won a coveted spot aboard an upcoming NASA-sponsored Cubesat mission -- the perfect platform for this pint-size, ... > full story
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  Unlocking the Mystery Behind Saturn's Moonlets

  February 14, 2013 — New research by physicists casts new light on Saturn's moonlets -- and could help solve some of the mysteries surrounding planet formation. Saturn's F ring has long been of interest to scientists as ... > full story
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  Simulation Helps Scientists Better Understand the Origin of Our Solar System

  February 13, 2013 — Simulations boost the significance of image and measurement data from space missions: based on the example of an asteroid. Astrophysicists show collisions with other celestial bodies can be ... > full story
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  Deep Space Missions? Magnetic Shielding of Ion Beam Thruster Walls May Provide Power

  February 13, 2013 — Electric rocket engines known as Hall thrusters, which use a super high-velocity stream of ions to propel a spacecraft in space, have been used successfully onboard many missions for half a century. ... > full story
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  NASA Set for New Round of J-2X Testing at Stennis Space Center

  February 12, 2013 — NASA's progress toward a return to deep space missions continues with a new round of upcoming tests on the next-generation J-2X rocket engine, which will help power the agency's Space Launch System ... > full story
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  Landsat 5 Sets Guinness World Record for 'Longest Operating Earth Observation Satellite'

  February 12, 2013 — Landsat 5 successfully set the new Guinness World Records title for 'Longest-operating Earth observation satellite' as stated in an e-mail from Guinness World Records sent to NASA Goddard Space ... > full story

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